bumbling

英 [ˈbʌmblɪŋ]

美 [ˈbʌmblɪŋ]

adj.  笨手笨脚的(常马虎出错)
v.  笨手笨脚; 跌跌撞撞
bumble的现在分词

现在分词：bumbling　

BNC.39422 / COCA.26686

牛津词典

adj.

• 笨手笨脚的（常马虎出错）
  behaving in an awkward confused way, often making careless mistakes

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 笨手笨脚的；常出错的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asbumbling, you mean that they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
  1. ...a clumsy, bumbling, inarticulate figure.
     一个笨手笨脚、经常出错、吐字不清的人物

双语例句

• Another adds: He was seen as a credible candidate, not a bumbling fool.
  另一个人补充道：人们都觉得他是靠谱的候选人，而不是笨手笨脚的傻瓜。
• This suggests that an apology is not cheap talk at all: it represents a choice to appear loveable but bumbling.
  这表明，道歉根本不是廉价的磋商：这代表着一种看似可爱但很愚笨的选择。
• His bumbling caused many a headache to city officials in Otoh Gunga, especially Captain Tarpals.
  他的笨手笨脚让奥托冈加的许多官员都感到头疼，特别是塔帕尔斯队长。
• A recent academic study showed that ambitious, Type A personalities are more successful but bumbling Type Bs are at least as happy and live longer.
  近期的一项学术研究显示，充满抱负的A型人格者通常更为成功，而做事迟钝的B型人格者则活得更加开心，寿命也更长久。
• Instead, cocky types are more likely to win their hearts, with Simon Cowell's arrogant attitude more appealing than Hugh Grant's bumbling on-screen behaviour.
  相反，自大的男人更容易赢得美人心，傲慢的西蒙（《英国达人》评委，编者按）就比荧幕上老实的休·格兰特更受欢迎。
• You were such a bumbling novice, right?
  你这么笨手笨脚新手，对不对？
• I've never seen such bumbling incompetence!
  我从未见过如此糟糕无能！
• So I read him unchallenging things, like the misadventures of the bumbling Mullah Nasruddin and his donkey.
  所以我念些不那么有挑战性的东西，比如装腔作势的纳斯鲁丁毛拉和他那头驴子出洋相的故事。
• He kept bumbling on about his operation, but I didn't really understand all the details.
  他一直含混地大谈手术经过，但对那些细节我根本就听不懂。
• Find him another teacher; I am fed up with his bumbling stupidity.
  另给他找位老师吧，对他的愚笨我已经厌透了。